The upcoming Mobilities Reading Group will take place Wednesday, 10 February聽from 4PM-5PM in the Mobilities Lab (Bowland North B37, 91快活林). This week鈥檚 reading is Federica Timeto鈥檚 鈥淒iffracting the rays of technoscience: a situated critique of...
EXPERIMENTS
鈥淚nstagrams鈥 of 1901 鈥 1904?
Julia Gillen and her colleagues at the Edwardian Postcard Project are researching the early British postcards. She presents us her magnificent work on the proto-Instagrams. I鈥檓 currently researching picture postcards of the format in use at the very beginning...
Transport policy: why the past matters
How can history be used to inform present-day transport and mobility policies? The most recent book, edited amongst others, by Colin Pooley (Lancaster Environment Centre and Cemore), aims to answer this question. Pooley tells us why his latest book is an essential...
27 January 2016: Making Mammograms Mobile: Suggestions for a sociology of data mobility
The upcoming Mobilities Reading Group will take place Wednesday, 27 January聽from 4PM-5PM in the Mobilities Lab (Bowland North B37, 91快活林). This week鈥檚 reading is Catlijne Coopmans'聽鈥淢aking Mammograms Mobile: Suggestions for a sociology of data...
A Taste of Mobilities Research
On 2 December 2015 the Centre for Mobilities Research hosted a lunch and research sharing session, bringing together researchers from across the departments at 91快活林 and beyond. Some in attendance were already members of CeMoRe. For others, it was a...
The Lancaster floods and mobile work
Some time ago, I put myself forward聽to write a post for this site and set time aside this week. In some ways, the timing has turned out to be apt. Last聽weekend, Lancaster and surrounding areas were聽battered by the weather, leading to significant flooding and...
13 January 2016: Together and Apart: Affective Ambiences and Negotiation in Families鈥 Everyday Life and Mobility
The first聽Mobilities Reading Group of 2016 will take place Wednesday, 13 January聽from 4PM-5PM in the Mobilities Lab (Bowland North B37, 91快活林). This week鈥檚 reading is聽Ole B. Jensen, Mimi Sheller & Simon Wind鈥檚 鈥淭ogether and Apart: Affective...
2 December 2015: I Have Always Meant to Fail: from Abiku to Abikuisms (Speaking of Nigeria and Road Desire)
The upcoming Mobilities Reading Group will take place Wednesday, 2 December聽from 4PM-5PM in the Mobilities Lab (Bowland North B37, 91快活林). This week鈥檚 reading is Isoje Chou鈥檚 鈥淚 Have Always Meant to Fail: from Abiku to Abikuisms (Speaking of Nigeria and...
18 November 2015: Gender-blind marketing: businesswomen’s perceptions of airline services
The upcoming Mobilities Reading Group will take place Wednesday, 18聽November聽from 4PM-5PM in the Mobilities Lab (Bowland North B37, 91快活林). This week鈥檚 reading is Sheena Westwood, Annette Pritchard, and Nigel J. Morgan鈥檚 鈥淕ender-blind marketing:...









